In 2006, 47 million people were without health insurance coverage, up from 44.8 million people in 2005.
[Source: DeNavas-Walt C, Proctor BD, Smith, J. Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2006. Washington, DC: U.S. Census Bureau; 2007]

25% of people reported that they used up all or most of their savings dealing with cancer.
[Source: USA Today/Kaiser Family Foundation/Harvard School of Public Health Cancer Survey (conducted August 1-September 14, 2006)]

27% of people reported that they/their family member delayed or decided not to get care for cancer because of the cost.
[Source: USA Today/Kaiser Family Foundation/Harvard School of Public Health Cancer Survey (conducted August 1-September 14, 2006)]

In 2006, annual insurance premiums for employer provided coverage averaged $4,242 for individuals and $11,480 for families.
[Source: Kaiser/HRET 2006 Employer Health Benefits Survey]

Among those with insurance, 23% of people said they/their family member had an insurance plan that paid less than expected for their medical bills.
[Source: USA Today/Kaiser Family Foundation/Harvard School of Public Health Cancer Survey (conducted August 1-September 14, 2006)

Nationally, fewer than half (47 percent) of parents in families earning less than $40,000 a year are offered health insurance through their employer—a 9 percent drop since 1997.
[Source: National Health Information Survey, 1997 and 2005]

51% of people think cancer is the most important disease or health condition the government should address.
[Source: Harvard School of Public Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Americans’ Views of Public Health, April 2006]

The number of uninsured children increased from 8 million (10.9 percent) in 2005 to 8.7 million (11.7 percent) in 2006.
[Source: DeNavas-Walt C, Proctor BD, Smith J. Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2006. Washington, DC: U.S. Census Bureau; 2007]

33% of families report a problem paying their cancer bills.
[Source: USA Today/Kaiser Family Foundation/Harvard School of Public Health Health Care Costs Survey (conducted April 25-June 9, 2005)

Comparing three-year average uninsured rates for 2004-2006 among states shows Texas has the highest percentage of uninsured people—24.1 percent—and Minnesota has the lowest rate of uninsured people—8.5 percent.
[Source: DeNavas-Walt C, Proctor BD, Smith, J. Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2006. Washington, DC: U.S. Census Bureau; 2007]

One-third of all Americans and two-thirds of low-income Americans are uninsured or underinsured at some point during the year.
[Source: The Commonwealth Fund, Learning from High Performance Health Systems Around the Globe, January 2007]

Family health insurance premiums have risen 87 percent since the year 2000, but median family incomes have increased by only 11 percent.
[Source: The Commonwealth Fund, Learning from High Performance Health Systems Around the Globe, January 2007]

One-third of families now report problems with medical bills or medical debt.
[Source: The Commonwealth Fund, Learning from High Performance Health Systems Around the Globe, January 2007]